Mal mit dem Auto nach Nepal

I continued to Kathmandu. The journey day started with a loud boom. When I drove backwards I missed seeing an electric post which left a big dent and some scratched in my car. I was a little bit upset but thinking about the traffic here I thought it won’t be the last dent. I am happy when I leave Nepal and India with a non crashed car. There was something new at this day as well. I took another hitchhiker with me but this time it was a police officer who used to check me before at the road. “Can I come with you? My station is about 20 KM from here towards Kathmandu.” I accepted but I couldn’t really enjoy the journey together because I wasn’t sure if he checks my driving. But he was busy with his phone instead watching the speed limit. Shortly before Kathmandu I could see the whole Himalaya range! I was happy and I even saw the Everest at the horizon.

I checked out a guesthouse in central Kathmandu which had been told having a private parking. I pushed myself through narrow streets and stopped where it was supposed to be the guesthouse. Inpatient drivers (like every Nepalese) started already honking. I didn’t care, parked my car and looked by foot for the hotel. I’ve found it but for sure they didn’t have a parking. They let me instead using the parking of another hotel 150m away but to get there I had to take a super small road were they had to remove several parking motorcycles. I wondered how I ever could come out here again…

I stayed in Kathmandu for a couple of days. My biggest project was installing a solar system. I bought a 60W solar panel in Bangkok and organized a charge controller from Germany. The rest had to be organized in Kathmandu. I spend three entire days organizing the material, getting it cut, drilled and welded before checking back to my car if it fits and if I measured well. The last step was installing the extra battery and connecting all the wires. I was very excited whether it works or not. But therefore nothing worked. The sun was gone and I had to wait for the next day. And when the sun hit the solar panel I jumped out of the street and shouted: “I produced electricity!!!”

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